is that a serious question?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 9:20, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

it was
I just don't think of it like other sports, I'm not sure why now that I think about it.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 9:21, Reply)

depends on how you define sport I suppose
it falls under the category of watersports, which leads me to think of it as a sport.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 9:23, Reply)

yeah you're right
I just don't think of stuff like surfing, diving, sailing, etc., as sports. Probably because the word sport leads me to feelings of hatred and annoyance because it's synonymous with football.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 9:31, Reply)

that's understandable

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 9:32, Reply)

It's a sport if it requires a degree of athleticism
so you could argue snooker, cricket, darts, pool, are games

surfing, footie, rugby etc are sports.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 9:53, Reply)

if you read the first bit of the wikipedia entry about sport
then only organised, competitive things are sports.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 9:58, Reply)

I'll have a ganders. I do like my description though.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 10:06, Reply)

Do you seriously believe that cricket does not require a degree of athleticism?

(Cave Duck, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 10:27, Reply)

Anyone who thinks that has clearly never played the game,

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Wed 11 Aug 2010, 11:09, Reply)